Imaging apparatus and image compositing method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorTetsushi Tanimoto
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus carries out imaging at a plurality of focus positions that have been set, and carries out successive image combination for each imaging, generates a focus stacked image after imaging a plurality of times imaging is to be performed that has been set by a focus bracket setting section, and performs image combination of an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or a previously combined image, with position of the finally taken image as a reference for alignment at the time of image combination, and on the other hand performs image combination of taken images other than an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or an image that was previously combined, as the reference for alignment.
Claims11
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging lens for forming a subject image on an imaging surface,
- an image sensor, positioned on the imaging surface, for capturing the subject image and acquiring image data,
- a processor having a focus bracket setting section, a focus stacking control section and a live view control section,
- the focus bracket setting section carrying out setting of a number of times of imaging and focus position setting on the imaging surface in accordance with the number of times of imaging is carried out,
- the focus stacking control section performing imaging at a plurality of focus positions that have been set by the focus bracket setting section, carrying out successive image combination for each imaging, and, after imaging for the number of times imaging is carried out that has been set by the focus bracket setting section, generating a focus stacking image, and
- a display device for displaying a focus stacked image that has been generated by the focus stacking control section, the display device including a display panel and a display driver, wherein
- the live view control section repeatedly carries out a series of processing for setting of focus positions using the focus bracket setting, generation of the focus stacked image by the focus stacking control section, and display of the focus stacked image by the display device, and
- the focus stacking control section, performs image combination of an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or a previously combined image, with position of the finally taken image as a reference for alignment at the time of image combination, and on the other hand performs image combination of taken images other than an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or an image that was previously combined, as the reference for alignment.
An image compositing method for an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging lens for forming a subject image on an imaging surface, and an image sensor, positioned on the imaging surface, for capturing the subject image and acquiring image data, the image compositing method comprising:
- carrying out setting of a number of times of imaging and focus position setting on the imaging surface in accordance with the number of times of imaging is carried out,
- carrying out imaging at the plurality of focus positions that have been set, carrying out successive image combination for each imaging, and generate a focus stacked image after imaging the plurality of times that has been set,
- displaying the focus stacked image,
- repeatedly carrying out a series of processing to set the plurality of focus positions, generate the focus stacked image and display the focus stacked image,
- performing image combination of an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or a previously combined image, with position of the finally taken image as a reference for alignment at the time of image combination,
- while on the other hand performing image combination of taken images other than an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or an image that was previously combined, as the reference for alignment.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a processor executable code, for controlling an imaging apparatus, this imaging apparatus comprising an imaging lens for forming a subject image on an imaging surface, and an image sensor, positioned on the imaging surface, for capturing the subject image and acquiring image data, the processor executable code performs an image compositing method, the image compositing method comprising:
- carrying out setting of a number of times of imaging and focus position setting on the imaging surface in accordance with the number of times of imaging is carried out,
- carry out imaging at the plurality of focus positions that have been set, carrying out successive image combination for each imaging, and generate a focus stacked image after imaging the plurality of times that has been set,
- display the focus stacked image that has been generated,
- repeatedly carry out a series of processing to set the plurality of focus positions, generate the focus stacked image and display the focus stacked image, and
- perform image combination of an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or a previously combined image, with position of the finally taken image as a reference for alignment at the time of image combination,
- while on the other hand perform image combination of taken images other than an image that has been taken at the final focus position with a previously taken image or an image that was previously combined, as the reference for alignment.
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